Machine for dispensing and placing fencing wire staples



April 13, 1954 w. w. PATTERSON MACHINE FOR DISPENSING AND PLACING FENCING WIRE STAPLES Filedr Aug. 14, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l Woodrow W Pafferson IA'VEVTOR.

April 13, 1954 w. w. PATTERSON MACHINE FOR DISPENSING 'AND PLACING FENCING WIRE STAPLES Filed Aug. 14, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Wood/'aw W Pafrson INVENTOR 1 .By @Maaik an( qs ERIE Q E. k

Patented Apr. 13, 1954 MAcmNE non nrsPENsrNc. ND rrfAcrNe.

FENCING WIRE STAPLES Woodrow W. Patterson, Nashville, Tenn.

ApplicatOn Augustv 14, 1952,l Serial N0.y 304,359.

8 Claims. 1

This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in staple holders and dispensers, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a device for holding and dispensing fencing wire staples so that the staples may be driven into av fencepost or the like ina convenient manner'.

Another important Aobject of the present invention is to provide a fencing wiring staple holder and dispenser involving a manually rotated picku up member having means thereon for engaging A still further aim of the present invention C is to provide a device for dispensing and placing fencing wire staples and is extremely simple and practical in construction, small and compact in structure, inexpensive to manufacture, efficient and durable in operation, convenient to actuate and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantagesk reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, ref erence being had to the accompanyingl drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present invention in a normal position;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of Figure l and with parts of the guide broken away for the convenience of explanation;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the pick-up member rotated to engage av staple at the discharge `.end of the guide;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view taken 'substantially on the plane of section line 5 5 of' Figure l but showing a staple held' relative toA the pick-up member;

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line I-B of' Figure 4;

Figure '7 is an enlarged fragmentary view of Figure 3 and with parts of the guide broken away and shown in section for Ythe convenience of explanation;

Figurey 8 is an enlarged detailed vertical sec.-l

2 tional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 8-8 of Figure l and showing in dotted lines the position of the combined closure and pusher cap element for the loading of staples into` the guide; and

vFigure 9 is an enlarged detail transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 9 9 of Figure l.

Referring now to thedrawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral Il] represents an elongated tubular guide having' a forward discharge end I2 and a rear receiving end I4. The guide .I0 comprises inner and outer longitudinal channels I6 and I8 whose walls are spaced apart to Aforni a U-shaped passage 20 (Figure 8) that will accommodate a plurality of fencing wiring staples S. The side walls of the channels It and I8 are provided with outturned flanges 22 and 24 that are held in juxtaposition by connectng fasteners 26.

Fasteners 2G also are engaged with a rigid support bar 28 having a forward upwardly orset '3 portion 30 that is disposed in front of the dischargeend I2 and parallel tothe channels I6 and I8. .Offset portion 30 is pivotally secured to aholding member or pick-up plate 32 by a pivot 34 that extends perpendicular to the channels I and I8.

The curvededge 36 of plate 32 is formed with a peripheral notch 38 that is bridged by a resilientbumper strip 40. The bumper strip 4i) is secured to the upper face of the pick-up plate 32'. by rivets or thelike 42 and overlies the upper 'flange 44 of anangle magnet 46 that is secured to plate 32 bya fastener 48. The flange 5l] of magnet 46 is bifurcated and extends through notch 38. to engage and attract the limbs of a staple S thereto as the plate 32 is rotated to bring the notch 3,8 into registry with discharge en d I2.`

A plate element 52 is removably secured to the undersurface of plate 32 and includes a IL.- shaped finger 54 that underlies the notch 38. Thevflnger 54 is provided with a free end portion 56 that' projects outwardly beyond the edge 3,6 of plate 32 to engageastaple in a manner presently to be described.

A supporting bracket l5.8 is supported on the guide I0 by one of the fasteners'26 and is pivotally secured to anintermediate portion of a substantially L-shaped lever (i0 by a pin 5,2 that parallels pivot 34. The forward end 64 of lever lilhas a pivoted connectiomas at 66. to one end 3 of a pitman or link 68. The other end of pitman 68 is pivotally attached, as at y38, to the plate 32 eccentric of pivot 34 so that as the handgripping portion 'l2 of the lever 60 is pulled toward the guide I0, the plate 32 will swing or rotate to move notch 38 toward end l2 (compare Figures 1 and 3). A coil spring 14, terminally secured to lever 60 and an anchor 16, supported on guide l0, yieldingly urges the forward limb of lever 60 toward the guide l0, as shown in Figure 1. A stop flange 11 is formed at the forward end 64 of the lever 60 and will engage the rear end of pitman 68 as shown in Figure 1 when the device is being carried.

The rear end of channel I6 projects rearwardly beyond the rear end of channel I8 to receive a closure cap element 18. Coil springs 80 are terminally attached to elements 18 and the guide Ill to yieldingly urge the cap element 18 forwardly over the rear end of channel I6, as shown in Figure 8.

Inverted U-shaped supporting brackets 82 are secured to the flanges 22, 24 and these brackets 82 engage a longitudinal hand-grip 8d. Bolts B carried by the supporting brackets 62 extend under the ends of the hand-grip 8d and are adjusted to clamp the brackets S2 against the end portions of the hand-grip 84.

In practical use of the present invention, the cap element 'F8 is pulled rearwardly past the rear end of channel I8 and then slid downwardly to be retained in this position, shown by dotted lines in Figure 8, until a suitable number of staples S have been inserted into the guide i8 and over the channel' I8. lifted and allowed to move forwardly by the action of springs 88. The staples S slide downwardly between the channels I8 and i8 when the tubular guide lil is tilted downwardly. The

tubular guide IG may be tilted to approximately i 45 to assure the sliding movement of the staples S. The staples are attracted by magnet d6 for positioning the staples for engagement by the finger 54.

As shown best in Figure 2 of the drawings, the pick-up plate 32 extends across the discharge endA i2 of the guide I8 so that staples S urged forwardly by the cap element 'i8 or by gravity when the guide lll is held in a Verticallyvinclined position, cannot pass from the discharge end i2.

As the hand-gripping portion 'I2 of leverV 60 is pulled inwardly toward the guide IG, pivot i8 is rotated in a clockwise direction toward the discharge end l2. As the notch 38 approaches the discharge end I2, the free end portion 56 of finger 513 will engage behind the forwardmost of the staples S and guide this staple toward the magnet t6. The finger 54 also prevents more than one staple S from being engaged and attracted to the magnet M3 at one time.

As the hand-gripping portion 'I2 of lever 60 is released, the spring 14 will return the plate 32 to its initial position as shown in Figure l and the staple engaged with the magnet 46 will also be moved forwardly so that a hammer or striking element 'can be employed for driving the staple into a fence post or the like. The bumper strip 4G will prevent-'the striking element or hammer from engaging the pick-up member 32 to bend or harmfully effect the same.

The hand-gripping portion 8G is disposed rela-U tively close to the gripping portion 'I2' of lever Then, thecap element i8 is 60 so that a user grasping portion 84 in his hand.y

may extend his fingers outwardly to 'engage the` portion 12 to pull the latter tothe guide HJ.' In

this manner, the dispensing and placing device is readily manipulated by one hand of an operator leaving the other hand free to handle a striking element or hammer that will be employed for driving the staple when it is moved to its forward position. Counter-clockwise rotation of the pickup member 32 may be limited by manipulation of the hand-gripping portion 12 in the event it is desired to drive the staple before it reaches its maximum forward position, shown in Figure 1.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A holder and dispenser for fence wire staples, said holder and dispenser comprising an elongated tubular guide adapted to slidably receive a plurality of staples therein, said guide having a discharge end, a support carried by said guide and having a forward end portion in front of the discharge end of the guide, a rotatable holding member on the forward end of said support and having means thereon for movement across said discharge end to engage and carry a staple to a position for driving, and means attached to the guide and connected to the member for rotating the latter, said staple engaging and carrying means including a pick-up finger and a magnet adapted to attract a staple engaged by said finger.

2. A holder and dispenser for fence wire staples, said holder Vand dispenser comprising an elongated tubular guide adapted to slidably receive a plurality of staples therein, said guide having a discharge end, a support carried by said guide and having a forward end portion in front of the discharge end of the guide, a rotatable holding member on the forward end of said support and having means thereon for movement across said discharge end to engage and carry a staple to a position for driving, and means attached to the guide and connected to the member for rotating the latter, said means on said holding member for movement across said discharge end including a magnet and a pick-up finger extending outwardly from the magnet to guide a staple toward the magnet.

3. A holder and dispenser for fence wire staples, said holder and dispenser comprising an elongated tubular guide adapted to slidably receive a plurality of staples therein, said guide having a discharge end, a support carried by said guide and having a forward end in front of the discharge end of the guide, a holding plate pivoted to the forward end of said support and paralleling the tubular guide, said plate being rotatable on y, the support and having an edge extending across the discharge end of said guide to block passage of a staple from said discharge end, said plate having a notch in said edge to accommodate a staple, means carried by the plate for entering the discharge end and for urging a staple into said notch as the latter moves into registry with said discharge end during rotation of said plate, l

charge end of the guide, a holding plate pivoted to the forward end of said support and paralleling the tubularguide, said plate being rotatable on the support and having an edge extending across the discharge end of said guide to block passage of a stable from said discharge end, said plate having a notch in said edge to accommodate a staple, means carried by the plate for entering the discharge end and for urging a staple into said notch as the latter moves into registry with said discharge end during rotation of said plate, means carried by said plate at said notch for retaining a staple relative to the plate and within the notch, a lever pivotally attached to the guide, and a pitman eccentrically pivoted to the plate and pivotally attached to one end of the lever.

5. A holder and dispenser for fence wire staples, said holder and dispenser comprising an elongated tubular guide adapted to slidably receive a plurality of staples therein, said guide having a discharge end, a support carried by said guide and having a forward end portion in front of the discharge end of the guide, a holding plate pivoted to the forward end of said support and paralleling the tubular guide, said plate being rotatable on the support and having an edge extending across the discharge end of said guide to block passage of a staple from said discharge end, said plate having a notch in said edge to accommodate a staple, means carried by the plate for entering the discharge end and for urging a staple into said notch as the latter moves into registry with said discharge end during rotation of said plate, means carried by said plate at said notch for retaining a staple relative to the plate and within the notch, a lever pivotally attached to the guide, and a pitman eccentrically pivoted to the plate and pivotally attached to one end of the lever, said one end of said lever having a stop flange thereon engageable with said pitman during rotation of said plate to bring said notch into registry with said discharge end to limit relative movement between the lever and the pitman.

6. A holder and dispenser for fence wire staples, said holder and dispenser comprising an elongated tubular guide adapted to slidably receive a plurality of staples therein, said guide having a discharge end, a support carried by said guide and having a forward end in front of the discharge end of the guide, a rotatable holding member on the forward end of said support and having means thereon for movement across said discharge end to engage and carry a staple to a l 7. A holder and dispenser for fence wire staples, said holder and dispenser comprising an elengated tubular guide adapted to slidaoly receive a plurality of staples therein, said guide having a discharge end, a support carried by said guide and having a forward end in front of the discharge end of the guide, a holding plate pivoted to the forward end of said support and paralleling the tubular guide, said plate being rotatable on the forward end of support and having an edge extending across the discharge end of said guide to block passage of a staple from said discharge end, said plate having a notch in said edge to accommodate a staple, means carried by the plate for entering the discharge end and for urging a staple into said notch as the latter moves into registry with said discharge end during rotation of said plate, means carried by said plate at said notch for retaining a staple relative to the plate and within the notch, and means attached to the plate for rotating the same, and a resilient bumper strip secured to said plate over the notch to shield the plate from a striking element used for driving a staple held in said notch.

8. A holder and dispenser for fence wire staples, said holder and dispenser comprising an elongated tubular guide adapted to slidably receive a plurality of staples therein, said guide having a discharge end, a support carried by said guide and having a forward end in front of the discharge end of the guide, a holding plate pivoted to the forward end of said support and paralleling the tubular guide, said plate being rotatable on the forward end of said support and having an edge extending across the discharge end of said guide to block passage of a staple from said discharge end, said plate having a notch in said edge to accommodate a staple, means carried by the plate for entering the discharge end and for urging a staple into said notch as the latter moves into registry with said discharge end during rotation of said plate, means carried by said plate at said notch for retaining a staple relative to the plate and within the notch, and means attached to the plate for rotating the same, said means for entering the discharge end of said guide comprising a resilient finger having a free end portion projecting outwardly beyond said edge.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 599,741 Savage Mar. 1, 1898 1,048,535 Hoover et al Dec. 31, 1912 2,048,034 Schiveley July 21, 1936 

